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Truman (Old Truman Brewery)

Truman, E1

Formerly Lane Beers

This page covers the cuckoo-brewed brands under the Truman name produced for the owners of the old brewery site.

For historic brewing at the site, see Truman’s Brewery (Watney Mann Truman).

For the company that revived the brand in 2010 and sold it on in 2022, see Big Penny.

Beer firm
91 Lane E1 6AL
trumanbrewery.com
Active since: May 2020

In 2020, the Zeloof family, owners of the defunct but repurposed historic Truman brewery in Lane, began commissioning Brockley Brewery to produce beers for sale at bars on the site, including a new beer venue, the Lane Taproom.

The beers were originally branded Lane, as the Truman beer brand was then owned by a separate company that had revived brewing under the name in 2010. In 2022, that company experienced financial difficulties after losing its brewing site, and in September that year sold the brand to the Zeloofs. It subsequently renamed itself Big Penny.

The first Truman-branded beers under the new ownership arrangements began to appear in May 2024, still produced at Brockley.

Beers are in bottle, with some keg, mainly available at the Lane Taproom and other outlets on the site.

Updated 21 October 2025.

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